Research Article

Evaluation of Xpert Carba-R Assay for the Detection of Carbapenemase Genes in Gram-Negative Bacteria

Table 3

Characteristics of included articles.

ArthurYearExperiment designGolden standardGeographical distribution of strainsSource of samplesTotal sampleGenotypeTotalEventsDetection rate

Tato [9]2016prospectiveculture and sequenceUK383 clinical isolates and 250 contrived isolates633OXA-48403895%
NDM2626100%
VIM312993.55%
KPC302996.67%
IMP272696.30%

McMullen [10]2017retrospectivelaboratory-developed PCR assays or must have been previously characterized as part of the CDCUSA, UK and Spain189 clinical isolates189OXA-481212100%
NDM2727100%
VIM77100%
KPC8484100%
IMP11100%

Moore [11]2017prospectiveculture and sequenceFrance755 clinical isolates and 432 contrived isolates1187OXA-4811311198.23%
NDM8888100%
VIM928794.57%
KPC110110100%
IMP807695%

Findlay [14]2015retrospectivein-house PCRUK450 isolates cultured from 2808C freezer storage or from the sender’s original slopes on MacConkey agar plates with a 10 mg ertapenem disc450OXA-48100100100%
NDM100100100%
VIM100100100%
KPC100100100%
IMP241771%

Hoyos-Mallecot [15]2017retrospectiveculture and sequenceUSA and Italy241 clinical isolates241KPC11100.00%
OXA-481010100%

Kost [16]2017retrospectivedetermined by PCR or whole genome sequencingUSA and Europe96 clinical isolates96OXA-489888.90%
NDM2525100%
VIM33100%
KPC434195.30%
IMP22100%

Vanstone [17]2018retrospectivein-house antimicrobial susceptibility testing(AST)USA26 clinical isolates and 69 screening samples95OXA-482424100%
NDM2222100%
VIM1919100%
KPC33100%
IMP11100%

Traczewski [18]2018retrospectiveculture and sequenceUSA428 clinical isolates and 57 fresh isolates485OXA-488989100%
NDM7878100%
VIM8282100%
KPC8484100%
IMP4040100%

Cointe [19]2019prospectivePCRFrance53 clinical isolates53OXA-481010100%
NDM1111100%
VIM77100%
KPC1010100%
IMP11100%